A man with a wealth of international coaching experience in three continents is to join the Scotland management team after the 2012 RBS 6 Nations Championship. Scottish Rugby is pleased to confirm today that Scott Johnson, 49, the former Australian under-21 fly-half/centre, who has coached the Wallabies, Wales and the US Eagles, will join head […]
What a compelling_RaboDirect PRO12_derby against Edinburgh Rugby in the first of this season’s 1872 Cup_matches at Murrayfield tonight with a record attendance for the fixture of 13,240 drawn to the national stadium. That wasn’t the only record: Glasgow’s persistent refusal to lay down means they have now gone seven league games undefeated – a new […]
Scottish Rugby has added its congratulations to a rugby fanatic who faced adversity with great courage and has now been honoured at The Sun Military Awards 2011.Private Scott Meenagh was on tour of duty with 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment in Afghanistan when his team were hit. As Scott climbed into his sleeping bag after completing […]
The RBS Club of the Month for November has secured a place in RBS Premier A, their women’s team have stormed to the top of RBS Premier 2 and their work establishing a strong youth, coaching and development set-up continues to grow.It is these attributes that see Stirling County win the monthly accolade, plus the£1000 […]
Scotland lifted Bowl silverware for the second week in a row today after beating Canada 22-19 in a nail-biting final in the South Africa sevens, the third leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series. Despite qualifying for the Bowl tournament as top seeds, the Scots – who have reached Bowl finals in all three world […]
Rugby has topped the agenda during the First Minister, Alex Salmond’s, ongoing visit to Hong Kong.During a full day of rugby activity, the First Minister announced that two innovative schemes from opposite ends of the globe that use rugby and other sports to provide diversionary activities for young people are to link up in their […]
IRB vice-president, Bill Beaumont, and sportscotland chair, Louise Martin welcomed the announced of the penultimate leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series coming to Glasgow on 5-6 May 2012. Beaumont said: “Scotstoun will provide a fantastic atmosphere for the 7s, it will be packed and there will a huge demand for tickets. Glasgow is one […]
Scotland A will face their English counterparts in the Borders on the eve of next February’s Calcutta Cup clash. It will be the first time Scotland have faced the team, now branded England Saxons, on home soil since a 6-6 draw in Stirling in 2002 and admission to the match will be free, as it […]
Scotland A will face their English counterparts in the Borders on the eve of next February’s Calcutta Cup clash. It will be the first time Scotland have faced the team, now branded England Saxons, on home soil since a 6-6 draw in Stirling in 2002 and admission to the match will be FREE, as it […]
Hat-trick try hero Andrew Turnbull put Scotland Sevens through to the quarter-finals of the Dubai Sevens Bowl competition and racked up a century of tries for his country in the process. The Scots started brightly in both of their crucial matches against Gold Coast Plate winners, Wales, and Cup semi-finalist Australia but were ultimately undone […]